General Motors Sales Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 7, 1940

27 N.L.R.B. 99 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS SALES CORPORATION, FRIGIDAIRE
DIVISION and ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION OF STEAM, HOT WATER, HY-
DRAULIC, PIPING, SPRINKLER, PNEUMATIC TUBE, ICE MACHINE, AIR
CONDITIONING, AND GENERAL PIPEFITTERS OF NEW YORK AND VICIN-
ITY, LOCAL No. 638, UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN, PLUMBERS
AND STEAMFITTERS OF, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, AFFILIATED
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, BRANCH C
Case No. R-1745
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
September 7, 19410
On April 17, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on May 2, 1940, among
employees of General Motors Sales Corporation, herein called the
Company, employed at its Frigidaire Division, New York City, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sec-
ond Region (New 'fork City). On May 11, 1940, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued
and duly served upon the parties an Election Report upon the secret
ballot, in which she reported that 33 votes had been cast in the elec-
tion and 30 counted; that 15 of those counted were for Enterprise
Association- of Steam, Hot Water, Hydraulic, Piping, Sprinkler,
Pneumatic Tube, Ice Machine, Air Conditioning, and General Pipe-
fitters of New York and Vicinity, Local No. 638, United Association
of Journeymen, Plumbers and Steamfitters of the United States and
Canada, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, Branch C,
herein called the Union, and 15 had been cast against the Union,
that three ballots had not been counted because challenged by the
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Union. On May 25, 1940, the Union filed Objections to the conduct
of the ballot and to the Election Report, and on June 24, 1940, the
Regional Director issued a Report on Objections, copies of which
were duly served upon the parties. On July 31, 1940, the National
Labor Relations Board issued a Supplemental Decision and Direc-
tion,2 copies of which were duly served upon the parties, sustaining
the rulings, findings, and recommendations of the Regional Director
in her Election Report and Report on Objections, overruling the
Objections made by the Union to the conduct of the ballot and to
the Election Report, and directing that the Regional Director open
and count the challenged ballots and make a Supplemental Election
Report thereon and serve copies thereof upon the parties.
On August 12, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to
the Supplemental' Decision and Direction, issued and duly served
upon the parties a Supplemental Election Report setting forth that
on August 8 the Regional Director had opened the challenged bal-
lots and that upon a count of said ballots the results of the election
were as follows :
Total number eligible to vote--------------------------------- 33
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------- 33
Total number of valid ballots------------------------------- 33
Total number of votes in favor of Steamfitters Local 638,
Branch C., A. F. of L------------------------------------- 15
Total number of votes against afore-mentioned union -------- 18
Total number of blank votes-------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots------------------------------- 0
No objections to the counting of the ballots or to the Supplemental
Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining
representative has been selected by a majority of the employees in
the appropriate unit. The petition for investigation and certifica-
tion of representatives of employees of the Company will therefore
be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended, it is hereby
ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certification of
representatives of employees of General Motors Sales Corporation,
at its Frigidaire Division, New York City, filed herein by Enter-
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GENERAL MOTORS SALES CORPORATION 101
prise Association of Steam, Hot Water, Hydraulic, Piping, Sprink-
ler, Pneumatic Tube, Ice Machine, Air Conditioning, and General
Pipefitters of New York and Vicinity, Local No. 638, United Asso-
ciation of Journeymen, Plumbers and Steamfitters of the United
States and Canada,, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, Branch C, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.